At Braitch Solicitors Mr L S Braitch and Mr J Rai are always on hand to assist you with the day-to-day running and administration of your business.
If you are lucky enough to take on a premises that is already licensed, we can deal with the transfer of the premises licence from the existing licence holder to you, whether you can obtain consent for this or not.
Should your licence need transferring to a new entity, for whatever reason, we can act promptly to deal with this for you as well.
Currently at Braitch Solicitors our licensing work is limited to the following:
- The transfer of an existing Premises Licence (Section 42 of the Licensing Act 2003).
An application to vary the existing Premises Licence to change the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) (Section 37 of the Licensing Act 2003).
Costs
We can assist you with an application to transfer an existing premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003 where the transfer of the licence merely changes the identity of the holder of the licence and does not affect the terms of the licence in any other way. This is usually a straightforward application which we can deal with for a fixed fee of £960.00 (including VAT but excluding disbursements).
This fee is made up of:- • Legal fees £800.00 • VAT on legal fees (currently 20%) £160.00
Disbursements
Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as the application fee. We will pay the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smooth process.
- Application fee (Payable to licensing authority) £23.00
The fee includes:
- Taking your instructions and advising you upon the licensing application process.
- Completing the application form for the transfer of premises licence in the prescribed form in accordance with your instruction.
- Submitting the application for transfer of premises licence to the local licensing authority.
- Preparing the necessary form of consent of the existing premises licence holder which must accompany the application together with the existing premises licence or if that is not practicable, a statement of the reasons for the failure to provide the licence.
- Providing guidance on the fee levels payable to the licensing authority.
- Preparing written notification of the application to be sent to the Chief Officer of Police for the Police area in which the premises are situated.
- If the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) is not changing to prepare written notification to the DPS of the application.
- Checking the licence once granted and correcting any errors with the Licensing Authority.
The fee does not include:
- Advising on varying the premises licence.
- Advising you upon plans or layout of the premises.
- Advising on suitability of the applicant or DPS or how you can promote the licensing objectives.
- Attending any pre-consultation meetings with the Licensing Authority or Responsible Authorities, nor their fee for any such meeting.
- Dealing with advising you in relation to queries or representations received from the Licensing Authority, Responsible Authorities or other interested parties.
- Attendance and representation at any meeting or hearing relating to the licensing application.
- Any interim authority notice or special arrangements for continuation of the licence pending determination of the application.
Timescales
Applications are usually submitted within one to two weeks of receiving full instructions from you. This is on the basis of the application being relatively straightforward and your being able to provide all necessary documents promptly. If your matter is more complex or there is a delay in receiving documents that we need, it may take longer. Once the application is submitted there is a statutory minimum period of 14 days notification to the Chief Officer of Police to submit any objection. The speed at which the Licensing Authority processes an application varies between licensing authorities and most likely will be 28 to 56 days after submission (but can take longer).
- Application to vary Licence to specify individual as Premises Supervisor
We can assist you with an application to change the Designated Premises Supervisor (DPS) without any alteration to the existing premises Licence. This is usually a straightforward Application which we can deal with for a fixed fee of £960.00 (including VAT but excluding disbursements).
This fee is made up of:- • Legal fees £800.00 • VAT on legal fees (currently 20%) £160.00
Disbursements
Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as the application fee.
We will pay the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process.
- Application fee (Payable to licensing authority) £23.00
- Taking your instructions and advising you upon the licensing application process.
- Completing the application form for the change of DPS in the prescribed form in accordance with your instruction.
- Submitting the application to the local licensing authority.
- Preparing the necessary form of consent of the existing DPS and premises licence holder which must accompany the application together with the existing premises licence or if that is not practicable, a statement of the reasons for the failure to provide the licence.
- Providing guidance on the fee levels payable to the licensing authority.
- Preparing written notification of the application to be sent to the Chief Officer of Police for the Police area in which the premises are situated.
- Checking the licence once granted and correcting any errors with the Licensing Authority.
The fee does not include:
- Advising on varying the premises licence.
- Advising you upon plans or layout of the premises.
- Advising on suitability of the applicant or DPS or how you can promote the licensing objectives.
- Attending any pre-consultation meetings with the Licensing Authority or Responsible Authorities, nor their fee for any such meeting.
- Dealing with advising you in relation to queries or representations received from the Licensing Authority, Responsible Authorities or other interested parties.
- Attendance and representation at any meeting or hearing relating to the licensing application.
- Any interim authority notice or special arrangements for continuation of the licence pending determination of the application.
Timescales
Applications are usually submitted within one to two weeks of receiving full instructions from you. This is on the basis of the application being relatively straightforward and your being able to provide all necessary documents promptly. If your matter is more complex or there is a delay in receiving documents that we need, it may take longer. Once the application is submitted there is a statutory minimum period of 14 days notification to the Chief Officer of Police to submit any objection. The speed at which the Licensing Authority process an application varies between licensing authorities and most likely will be 28 to 56 days after submission (but can take longer).
THE ABOVE FEE’S ARE ADDITIONAL TO ANY COMMERCIAL CONVEYANCING FEE’S